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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-14

northwest and prospective failure in q
small grain crop in the spring, the sltua-
ton In tier of counties in the west,
about twenty-five in number, is not en-.
couraging. invite the attention of the
legislature to the condition of affairs in
that region, and if any relief can be given
| trust it will be done. While the legis.
! lature is prohibited by the constitution
from granting relief where q forfeiture
HIS taken place, still, where persons have
becn forced to abandon their homes aud
pure bases, the legislature can withhold
such lands from market for the present
in order to give the party who purchased
an opportunity to rebid and thus save his
improvem ents and labor bestowed on the
land, and recommend that this be done.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
In closing ny four years service, aid
ed by Mr.. Bainss. secretary of state, /
wish to invite the attention of the legisla-
.ure to the constant improvement in that
branch of the pubic service. To this
secretary and the people owe much, and
the improvements can only be seen by
an examination OF his eport, aud the con-
dillon Of thas department. To him and
his excellent clerks l return sincere
thanks for their earnest efforts in behalf
of tie people.
OTTER REPORTS.
invite your consideration CT the re-
ports, and valuable suggestions made
thin, CT the superintendent of publlc III
struCtioa, the commissioner of the gem
eral land Office, treasurer, and other de-
partmenES and officers, herewith trans
mitted.
Perhaps this will be my last official
communication with the peoples repre-
sentatives, and may 6e permitted to say,
after four years labor devoted to the inter
ests ofthe great commonwealth, that may
have made some mistakes during this SER
vice: but retrospective view of the
main issues that have demanded my ear
nest consideration fails to disclose any
action of mine, under existing laws, thai
| would change.
Ny acts of the last four years are well
known to you ard the people, and il that
the future historian will record the truth
only, shall be satisfied.
Though our state has been visited by
drouths and floods, which have brought
distress to very many of our people, ar d
want is still struggling with citizens of
some counties, l congratulate you upon
the splendid condition of the treasury,
whose venerable custodian now holds
more money to the credit of the general
revenue than he did four years ago when
took the oath OF Office, and against
which there is but little outstanding
claims. Very respectfully,
JOHN IRELAND.
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CATTLEMEN ALARMED.
The Northwestern Ranges so OverstocIed
that Great Loss Must Ensue.

The Northwestern Ranges so OverstocIed
that Great Loss Must Ensue.
MILES CITY, M. T., Jan. 11.-Cattle-
men are greatly slsrraed for the future
owing to the overs locking of ranges
Last year witnessed s heary influx CT
cattle brought here to winter. Large
herds were brought ever the parcheG
trail from the Rio Grande, and in their
famished condition were placed on the
ranges already so stocked that only phe-
nominally mild winter could prevent
heavy loss. To make matters worse the
calf crop was unusually large. Up to
Christmas the weather YVES favorable and
all WAS well, but since then the tempera-
tare has been ranging as low Us +0' be-
low zero, and the binding storms before
which the cattle drift in spite OF the cow
boys efforts, reduces the cattle in flesh
and so weakens them as to make heavy
losses inevitable if the bad weather con-
tInueS.
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COL. MEAD DEAD.
A Prominent Figure In the Late War IS
No More.

A Prominent Figure in the Late War IS
no More.
Special to the Gazette.
FLo2EsvILLE, TEX, Jan. 12.-Col.
Sidney Mead, one of the foremost citizens
CT Wilson county, died last night at his
home, in Floresville, from affection of
the Grain produced " illness. Col. Mead
served in the Union army during the
war. He was prisoner of war and was
one Of the prisoners who helped to dig
the Tunnel under Libby prison and made
his escape, but was recaptured. Hz
made two other attempts to escape before
he finally succeeded. lie was known as
gallant soldier and was prominent N
the state of New York after the war. He
was man of crest energy of fine ability.
He came to Texas few years ago and
purchased home near Floresville, where
he has been untiring in his efforts to
build up his country.
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Work at Grsnbury.

CORRESPONDENCE or the Gazette.
GRANBURY, TEX, Jan. S.-Contractor
Hughes' forces have reached the county
line and are rapidly grading TO the river.
There are now some three miles finished
on this end.
The stone work on the bridge is pro-
crossing finely. The first pier was flushed
Thursday at noon and work was COM
mencea or the foundation OF the second
one Friday. By March the entire work
will be finished.
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Collins Contingers.

Special to the Gazette.
MCKINNEY, Tex, Jan. s.-Dr. J. B.
Wright and G. S. Hulen, representatives
from Colin, left last night FOR Austin.
Both are openly for Terrell, but should
the Judge withdraw his meme il is an
open secret that, if Gov. Throcku} rton's
name is offered, they will .sCpporkCim.
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QUARANTINE.

1t is s source Of profound qualification
and pleasure to be aOle to state that not
q single case Of yellow fever or cholera
has appeared within our borders for four
years. The legislature has been liberal
in its appropriations 10 this service, and
no risks have been taken with epihemiCs.
From the day quarantine WAS established
until its abolition the rules We're never
relaxed, no matter VINO appealed, or what
EpreteXt WAS assigned.
+ The people Of Texas owe much to that
excellent officer Dr.. STearingen, VINO
has so faithfully and intelligently con-
dQcted this branch OF The public service,
and to him | return si cere thanks for his
vigilance ard devotion TO duty as the
health officer of the state. All his subOr-
dinates along the coast haye also render
ed efficient aid, and on account OF the
great labor and amount of duty well per-
formed at Galveston, which is our prin-
cipal sea port, l call special attention to
the valuable services of DR.. Blount.
While the whole department has been
managed IN the most successful and graf
Tying manner 1t has also been eCOnOmi-
cally conducted, end (es shown By DR..
Swearingen's report herewith suJmitted)
the sum of 5000 voted for contingent
cies in this respect has been returned TO
the treasury,
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RELAND'S MESSAGE.
Continued from Fourth Page.

almost the only state IN the Union that
has done nothing for its militia. In the
last four years the executive has had &C.
casion several times to cell out the vol
unteer forces, and it affords me great
pleasure to state that upon every occasion
the volunteer companies. composed en-
tirely of young men, have responded will
ingly and promptly to every call, although
having no dcOmmissarist, quartermaster,
sor other departments for their comfort or
sastenancr, and great credit is due them
theseasss'
There is no finer material in the world
from which to organize splendid volun-
teer army than the military spirit Texas
now furnishes, and | recommend that q
liberal appropriation be made for per-
tecting the organization of our volunteers
and providing for the wants of the men,
both when they are in actual service and
when undergoing the necessary training.
II may he--&nd l trust it will he-true
that the active service of an army Ill Texas
will not be needed, but the total neglect
of the federal agency to perform its obli-
CATION il giving Us protection does not
encourage the hope tlat an army can be
safely dispensed with. No state in the
federal Unicn has or can surrender the
right and duty to protect her own people
in case the federal government neglects to
do SO.
The fifth section of the fourth article of
c0mpect binds the United States to afford
all necessary protection TO individual
states. SEE mas obligated herself TO take
the initiative, and to see to it that no
member of the family Of states suffers in
life, liberty or property Oy reason Of for
eign lswlessness or invasion, and when
she fails to do this she violates the most
sacred provisions of the compact.
In view of the experience of the past,
and the possibilities Of the future, it is
prudent 10 encourage as far as we can the
spirit and training of our citizen soldiery.
Therefore, | further recommend the
establishment by the state of perma-
nent dill and euCampment ground where
appropriate exercises may and shall be
.annualy held.
- nor detailed statement in relation to
the militia and frontier forces, refer
you to the adj utant-gereraus report, here
with transmitted. To that officer the
state is indebted for the economy eXer-
cised in this department, and also for the
efficiency OF the force.
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Special to the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, Jan. 9.-PspIesentatives
Mills and Prendergsst have gone to Aus
tin. Senator Harrison leaves tomorrow.
The Waco contingent will 20 down in
force to the Inauguration, tie Waco Light
Infantry escorting the governor.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-14
ITCHING
Skin Diseases Instantly ReIispeatby
Huijcuya

TFREATMENT.--A warm bath with Cuticura
l ,oap and single application of Cutisurs
the great Skin Clre. This repeated daily, with
w or three doses Of Cuticura Res0lvent, the,
New Blood Purifier, 10 keep the blood cool, tie
% esq jration pure and unirritsting, tho bowels
open, the liver and kidneys act We, will speedily
ouIe Eczema, retter, RingwOrm, Esor!asisy
L,chan, Pruri:us, Scald E;ead.t .Rsnetaff and
every species Of Itching, Seaaey ard Pfmply
HumOrs of the Scalp and SKIN, when, The bess
physicians anarc NEEDLES fail.
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EC LENA ON a CHILE.

Tour most raluable Tusicura Remedies Save
done my child so much good tha8 Efeel Hse
saying this for the benefit of these who are
troubled with skin disease My li5tle girl was
troubled With Eczema. and l tried several doc
tors and NJ sdieines, BIZ. did not dc he's any good
until l ussdEthe Cuticura. X medies, which
speedily cured her, Tor BhicfII eve you many
thanks ard any nights of re4t
A1tT0N BUSSMIER EtlIburgh, md.
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ssrden Seeds in gaiks

To gardeners and farmers we sfer you
"a .coniplste assortment of aqM garden
,esskeds, fresh fp0m she gargsIs of the
{iorth. Call and ezsmine on stock and
get ouf prices. n Ss
80 For WoggH GROCER Co.. g
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OF EsssxsLUE.

cannot speak IT, taa-hi ghT terms OF your Gu
.ieura; II Is worthits weigfttn pure gold foE
SHIN diseases. behave it hasno equal.
Nv. W.sSORTHRUP,
siA- lGs5 HsTnsg 81, Omaha, Neb.
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rErrEH orTaE ssaLP

was&ssmost perfectly bald. 5ansed ~ Tettes,
of the sop ofstAe scalp. ! used+your Cuticurs
Remeefz, b bons ak weeks, anSfthey cured Isy
scalp gesfectly end now ny hair is coming
back IS thicAas. itsever VASE
J.FpH01GE, Waitesboso, Texas. 4.
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sol1 evefywfs6ses I.tsee: Cuticura, 50 ctss
Soap, 25 cts Resoivent. 81 Prepared by the
Potter Drug and Chemical -Ssss Boston, Mass.
Sead for "How TO Cure Skin Diseases.N
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COVERED Writ sLoroHEs.

l want to- Hell you that ypur Cu.icura desol-
yea. is magnificent. kboutst1ree months ago
M face was covered with HstcAes. and after
using three bottles of Reso tent, 1 was per-
f2esly cured. FRED DICK MATRIE.
% st Charles ST., NeEv OrleanA, La.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-20

Stuart's blackberry balsam for bowel
trouble, so pleasant. SO soothing, vet eff
cacious beyond all other remedies. Try
it, no family should be without it.
Cure for Sickheadache.- the many
complaints promptly relieved by Little
Apricot pills, none has yielded quicker
than nervous and sick headache. Nine
cases out of every ten of headache are
caused by sluggish and inactive liver
Shot through the throat by Burks'
white pine balsam and killed severe
cold in three days. If you don't believe
it just try it. Price SOC, at druggists.
Little Apricot pills are a very small,
purely vegetable, sugar coated pill, which
acts upon the liver and bile in such a
manner as to secure all the benefits of a
prompt and active liver medicine. without
any of the unpleasant effects (which
usually attend the use of ordinary liver
pills and remedies. For sale by Hartz &
Bahnsen.
Burk's wbIte pine balsam for coughs.
Pearlv teeth and a sweet breath can
only be had by using Cressler's wild rose
tooth powder
That lapguid feeling is relieved by using
Burks sarssparilla Hartz & Babnser
has it
Q how pleasant aud how easy to take
is Burk's white pine balsam. The greatest
cough remedy in the world. 1t is sold or
a positive guarantee. therefore give it d
fair and impartial trial
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-20
A .Friendly Inn for wayfarers.

seIt is with a conf lent air. remarks a
Pittsburg humorist, THAT tramp asks to
be permitted to saw wood for his breakfast
at house which uses natural gas. The
tramp's confidence would be disappointed
supposing his object to be to receive the
charity and shirk the labor-if he made such
a request in Minneapolis, Mimi In such a
case he would I'm all probability be handed a
ticket directing him to the Friendly Inn
This institution, founded upon practical
principles, of philanthropy, is peculiar to
Minneapolis, and is now in the third year of
its good work. The managers of the inn
issue tickets at the nominal price of ten cents
EACH which they ask the public to buy and
to give to able bodied tramps when accosted
instead of money The ticket presented at
the institution insures the bearer an oppor-
tunity to saw and split wood enough to pay
for his lodging and breakfast.
In addition to a comfortable lodging and
wholesome food a pleasant sitting room is
provided for the wayfarers, together with a
bath and place to wash and dry their
clothes; for which the are enabled and ex-
petced to give an equivalent in honest work.
The store kindling wood thus produced IL
sold to the citizens of Minneapolis at mod
crate price Persons desiring help for odd
jobs of various kinds are also asked to apply
at the Friendly Inn. In the course of year
the institution furnishes about 5000 meals
and 5000 nights lodgings to able bodied
men, who pay for their entertainment by
saving and splitting some 1000 cords OF
good maple wood, and performing besides
5000 hours of honest manual labor
Frank Leslie's
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-20

There are few who endure bodily
troubles without complaint Did you
ever meet among the heroes and heroiues
of your ac9ualntance-if any such there
have been--one with a yellowish cast of
countenance and that jaundiced aspect
generally which the most Impractical
eye recognizes as the product of disor-
dered liver, who did not complain, and
peevishly. too, of the soreness of the re
calcitrsnt organ, of pains beneath the
right shoulder blade, of dyspeptc symp>
toms, constipation and headache2 OF
course you never did, and of course the
individual was not using Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, or he would not so have
looked-sc have complained. To purify
the blood when contaminated with bile,
and conduct the secretion into its proper
channel, to re- establish regularity Of the
bowels, Danish bilious headache and re-
move impedlmeuts to complete digestion
nothing can approach in efficacy this
peerless alternative and tonic. Malarisl
complaints, always involving the liver
and kidney aud bladder inactivity, are
remedied by it. 1t is capital appetizer
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-20

In these days, when we read and hear
so much about "booms," especially in
Rock Island. the following we believe to
be good advice:
IF you want your town to improve,
improve it. If you want your town
lively, make it so. Don't go to sleep, but
wake up and work for it. PUSH Get
inl Advertise! Talk about it, and talk
favOrably of it. Paint your house, clean
your back yard; make your surroundings
pleasant! If you are doing well advise
your distant friends to come and invest
near you, Work steadily for your home
and your home interests. Trade at home
and thus help your home dealers. Keep
your money at home as much as possible
and it will help YOU in return. Don't
waste your time over some dirty neigh.
hOrhoOd scandal, ard hold back your
work from some good object through
spite, but work for some good and you
will be benefited Get at it! Wake up
Get move on you! Eustlei loot your
own horn and toot it loud"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-20

| believe / have not mentioned the recent
death of President Grevy's secretary, Gen.
Pittie. He was well known in Paris, and bore
the reputation of brave officer, scholar
and a gentleman of rare ability The pen
and the sword were equally familiar to him,
and he was as much at his ease amid the
roar of battle as when penning verses in his
study
Here is an anecdote he was fond of relat-
ing: When with. the French army before
Sebastopol he WIS very intimate with a
cavalry officer who had been graduated at
the same time with himself from the military
school of st. Cyr
The name of the officer was Martin, and
he was afterward killed in Italy A thor
oughly good fellow, he had but single fault
that of indulgence in the delusion that he
was the best horseman in the world, and that
it was impossible to dismount him.
In the assault on Sebastopol Lieut. Pittie
was wounded and conveyed from the field in
an ambulance On bed near his own in
the hospital was Lieut.. Martin, who had also
been put hors de combat Pittie questioned
him, and learned that his horse, frightened
by the bursting of shell, had SHE'D.
$50 you were thrown" asked Pittie
''Not at all -"
"How so? You were seen to fall "
'sWell, they didn't see straight I didn't
fall, but my horse slid from under me. "
Paris Cor. New York Graphic.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-20

Some curious incidents drift to the surface
long after the events of which they were a
part have passed by. Thus | was talking the
other day with Mr. Sadler, the big pork
packer of Fulton street, when something was
said about the Pittsburg riots, which brought
to his mind the queer case of a Pittsburs
stockman named Glass. Glass was an old
man and at the time of the riots was afflicted
with a combination of asthma, consumption
and rheumatism. There did not seem to be
enough blood in his veins to warrant the be-
lief that he had a heart. One of his peculiar
titles was that he always carried great
leather pocketbook eight or ten inches in
length in the inside pocket of his waistcoat
He was SO fearful of taking cold that after
he had removed 1t from his pocket for any
purpose he never put it back without warm
ing it at the'fire.
For over quarter of century it had been
his daily habit to 60 down through the Pitts
burg railroad yards to the Liberty stock
yards, where he did business On the morn
ing after the great riot he came Unexpectedly
upon the scene of devastation there. 1t was
a horrible sight, not only on account of the
dead men lying around, but the general ruin
as well. The shock was so great that Glass
could scarcely return home, and he died
within twenty four hours-New York Trib-
une.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-20
McNaney as an Author.

Conductor Barney McNaney, of the c.,
NJ. & st. P, is writing series of war
papers for the Milwaukee Sunday 7eIe-
graph, on the the battle of Franklin,
Tenn, in which he holds that Cleburn's
charge there was beyond comparison
greater than Pickett's famous charge at
Gettysburg. The first paper from Nc
Naney's pen appeared last Sunday. and it
was a graphic and thrilling description of
the charge, of which the writer, who,
signs himself member of the Fifth Iowa
infantry, was an uncomfortable" wits
ness. In proof of his assertion that the
charge of the confederstes at Franklin
was the most heroic and destructive of
the war, MeNaney quotes figures, and the
paper shows that he not only knows
what he is talking about, but knows how
to put it in readable shape.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-20
CHOKING CATARRH

Have yon awakened from disturbed sleepwith
all the horrible sensations of an assassin clutch
ing your throat aud pressing the life breath from
Your frightened chests Have You noticed the Ian
guor and debility that succeeded the effort TO clear
your throat and head Of this catarrhal ma ter
What depressing Influence il exerts upon the
mind. clouuing the memory and filling the head
with pains and STRANGE noisesl How difficult il Is
TO rid the nasal passages throat and lungs of this
poisonous mucus all eau testify who afflicted
with catarrh How difficult to protect the system
against it's further progress toward the lHngs,ver
and kidneys, all physicians viii admit. 1t is
terrible disease. and cries out for relief and cure
The remarkable cur-tive powers, when all
other remedies utterly fail. Of S1RtordS Rddica
Cure. are attested by thousands who gratefully
recommend it to fellow sufferers. No statement
is made regarding ii that cannot be substantiated
by the moet respectable and reliable references
Each packet contains one bottle of the Radical
Cure Que box of Catarrhal S0Igenf and an In
proceed Ishdler, with treatise and directions, and
is sold by all druggists for 81
POTTER DRue AND CHEMICAL Co. Bofton.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-20
ADVICE ru .orHxRa.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain Of cutting teeth7 If so,
send at once and get a bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. Its value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm,
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery, diarrhoes, regulates the stom-
sch and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tenn. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one of
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States. and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price 25 cents per bottle.
feb-28-m-w-s- "a 1-y
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-20

jerks had queer dream the other
night. He thought he saw prize fight
ers' ring. and in the middle of 1t stood a
doughty little champion who met and de-
liberately knocked over, one by one, a
score or more of big, burly looking fel>
lows, as they advanced to the attack.
Giants as they were in size, the valiant
pigmy proved more than a match for
them. 1t was all so funny that jerks
woke up laughing. He accounts for the
dream by the fact that he had just come
to the conclusion. after trying nearly
every big. drastic pill on the market,
that Pierce's tiny Purgative Pellets easily
knock out" and beat all the rest hollow